Donald Trump declared victory Monday after a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity pointed to further legal delays for the former president, who once faced mounting questions about how he\u2019d balance time in court with campaigning for a return to office.<\/p>\n
The decision that former presidents are immune from prosecution for official actions taken while in the White House, but not from unofficial acts, further complicates the timing of Trump\u2019s D.C. trial, potentially extending the case until after the election by sending it back to a lower court. The former president faces four federal felony counts for allegedly trying to reverse President Biden\u2019s 2020 victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cBIG WIN FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY. PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!\u201d Trump wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
The 6-3 decision was the latest in a string of favorable developments for the presumptive Republican nominee with two weeks until the scheduled start of his nominating convention.<\/p>\n
Biden\u2019s widely panned performance in last week\u2019s debate has spurred Democratic panic and broader questions about whether he should be the party\u2019s nominee. In a win for conservatives last week, the Supreme Court curtailed federal agency power by reversing Chevron, a 40-year-old legal precedent that said courts should defer to an agency\u2019s interpretation of the law. In a separate ruling, the court found that prosecutors improperly charged a defendant with obstruction in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a development Trump\u2019s legal team might use to help defend him in court.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Trump\u2019s campaign has experienced an influx of donations after his May 30 conviction in New York on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a payment to an adult-film actress \u2014 essentially erasing the cash advantage Biden and the Democratic National Committee held.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrump has had a lot of really good luck. His campaign couldn\u2019t have written a better few days,\u201d Republican strategist Alex Conant said. \u201cLegally he still has issues, but politically he\u2019s able to claim vindication and nobody will see him in a federal court before the election.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, Trump faces some challenges. He is in uncharted territory running as a felon facing a polarized electorate, and has alienated many voters with his false claims and combative tone on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n
While Trump is claiming complete immunity, a lower court will decide which acts count as official or unofficial. The case is expected to continue to move forward as the former president campaigns.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis decision will give Donald Trump cover to do exactly what he\u2019s been saying that he wants to do for months, which is an act of revenge and retribution against his political enemies,\u201d Biden\u2019s deputy campaign manager, Quentin Fulks, said on a call with reporters.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court decision caps months of uncertainty over how Trump\u2019s legal entanglements would affect his campaign. He was found guilty in his New York hush money trial, becoming the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime. Federal prosecutors have also charged Trump with illegally hoarding classified documents, but that trial has been postponed indefinitely. Trump also faces state charges in Georgia for trying to undo election results in that state.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re the Trump legal team, you\u2019re thrilled with this decision because it gives the opportunity to really delay the Jan. 6 trial so there\u2019s no way it\u2019s tried in 2024,\u201d said John Fishwick, a former federal prosecutor.<\/p>\n
However, he noted that \u201cthere will be a number of hearings rehashing what happened in 2021 on Jan. 6 and all around that time frame. So it\u2019s all going to be re-litigated in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nicole Markus contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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